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Euphorbia rothiana
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia rothiana Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 796. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 263. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1278(894). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 249. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 416. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 36. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 48. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 372. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 290. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 270. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 737. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Merasupalchedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subshrubs, stem glaucous, glabrous. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, 6-10 x 2 cm, apex acute, base attenuate into a short petiole, entire, glabrous, glaucous below. Cyathium 2 x 2 mm, in terminal panicled cymes, 5-glandular around the rim of involucre; male florets many, filaments glabrous; ovary long-stalked. Capsule 3 x 3 mm, cocci 3, globular, smooth; seeds 2.5 x 2 mm, obovoid, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of evergreen forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala, Karimala, Karimalagopuram, Devicolam, Campshed area, Tirunalli, Kanthaloor forests
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